“He’s a violent racist,” Rina said. “Sacramento area. He was involved in the arson of two synagogues and one black Baptist church. He’s currently being tried on robbery and assault charges of a Jewish jeweler in that area.” Rina frowned. “Wasn’t he convicted?”

“It’s on appeal,” Kate answered. “It’s really depressing. One of the ways we hit these bastards is with lawsuits—sue ’em until they’re broke. With an influx of techno-money, it makes it harder for us to do our job.”

“What about the Preservers of Ethnic Identity?” Webster asked.

“I don’t know who’s funding them.”

Rina asked, “How many people log on to this kind of Web site?”

“This one in particular…” Kate punched up some keys. “It’s got about seventy hits a day. Some of the users have cookies—identifiable pixels—that act as a computer trail. We can find out where they go from here, what other sites they have visited. A lot of them have traceable pixels, so we can tell the point of origin for their messages.”

“The exact residence?” Webster asked.

“No, but the city oftentimes. The Internet is a sneaky thing. It professes privacy, but in reality it leaves a large electronic trail. You just have to know where to look for it.”

“So you keep tabs on the people who’ve hit these Web sites?”

“We can’t possibly keep tabs on all of them, but if a name pops up a certain number of times on different sites, we’ll start a file on him or on her. I can’t get over the sophistication of these graphics.”

“Ever hear of a guy named Ricky Moke?” Webster asked.

“Ricky Moke,” Kate said. “No. Who is he?”

“That’s what we’re trying to figure out,” Webster said. “His name showed up on the FBI list for computer hacking. When the synagogue was vandalized six months ago, I interviewed Darrell Holt at PEI. His assistant, a kid named Erin Kershan, mentioned him to us. But no one seems to know who he is.”

“I’ll look him up.”

“What about Darrell Holt?”

“He’s been around for a while,” Kate said.

“Somebody told me he’s been with PEI for about four years. Does that sound right?”

“Yes, it does.”

“So Darrell came right when PEI started to clean its image,” Rina commented. “Maybe he was behind the sanitation effort.”

“That sounds logical,” Kate said. “Darrell comes down with a college education—UC Santa Cruz—”

“I thought it was Berkeley,” Webster said.

“Maybe it was Berkeley. He was a radical turned conservative—which isn’t at all unusual for these guys. Tom Metzger was a communist before he became a Nazi. I’ll plug Holt into the computer later. Right now, let’s see what PEI is up to. Okay, okay, here’s their pitch. They’re now railing against the New World Order—”

“Which is?” Webster asked.